"No Pleasures, believe me, that wretch shall e'er taste, / No comfort his bosom e'er find; / Who suffers ill-temper to ruffle his breast, / And fretfulness reign in his mind."
— Kilner, Dorothy (1755-1836)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
John Marshall
Date
ca. 1780
Metaphor
"No Pleasures, believe me, that wretch shall e'er taste, / No comfort his bosom e'er find; / Who suffers ill-temper to ruffle his breast, / And fretfulness reign in his mind."
Metaphor in Context
No Pleasures, believe me, that wretch shall e'er taste,
No comfort his bosom e'er find;
Who suffers ill-temper to ruffle his breast,
And fretfulness reign in his mind.
(I, L11, p. 67)
No comfort his bosom e'er find;
Who suffers ill-temper to ruffle his breast,
And fretfulness reign in his mind.
(I, L11, p. 67)
Categories
Provenance
Contributed by PC Fleming, searching "mind."
Citation
Kilner, Dorothy. At least 2 entries in ESTC (between 1779 and 1789).
Dialogues and Letters on Morality, Oeconomy, and Politeness, for the Improvement and Entertainment of Young Female Minds. by the Author of Dialogues on the First Principles of Religion. (London: Printed and sold by John Marshall and Co. No. 4, Aldermary Church Yard, Bow Lane, London, [between 1779 and 1789]). <Link to ESTC><Link to ESTC><Link to ECCO> <Link to Vol. II> <Link to Vol. III>
Dialogues and Letters on Morality, Oeconomy, and Politeness, for the Improvement and Entertainment of Young Female Minds. by the Author of Dialogues on the First Principles of Religion. (London: Printed and sold by John Marshall and Co. No. 4, Aldermary Church Yard, Bow Lane, London, [between 1779 and 1789]). <Link to ESTC><Link to ESTC><Link to ECCO> <Link to Vol. II> <Link to Vol. III>
Date of Entry
07/12/2010
Date of Review
12/22/2011
